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puertorriqueño

Spanish, noun/pweɾtoriˈkeɲo/

puertorriqueño is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “Puerto Rican (native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico) (usually male)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does puertorriqueño mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Puerto Rican (of, from or relating to Puerto Rico)

noun

  1. 1

    masculinePuerto Rican (native or inhabitant of Puerto Rico) (usually male)

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Originario, relativo a, o propio de Puerto Rico. 2. Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con Puerto Rico

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of puertorriqueño

  • puertorriqueña feminine
  • puertorriqueños masculine plural
  • puertorriqueñas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce puertorriqueño?

  • /pweɾtoriˈkeɲo/
  • [pweɾ.t̪o.riˈke.ɲo]
  • [pweɾt̪oriˈkeɲo]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is puertorriqueño in Spanish?

puertorriqueño appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).